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<p>Flesh out article, adding list of software, sample files, and references. 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It is actually an [[AR]] archive, with content that includes some [[Tape Archive|tar]] files.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''deb''' (Debian package) is a file format used for software distribution in Debian <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and Debian-based&lt;ref&gt;[[wikipedia:List_of_Linux_distributions#Debian-based]]&lt;/ref&gt; </ins>[[Linux]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">platforms</ins>. 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color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* [[7-Zip]] (shows included, sometimes compressed tarballs, but these files can be opened by the same 7-Zip to reveal contents)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">== Sample files ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">=== DEB ===</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">See [https://discmaster.textfiles.com/search?mode=deep&amp;extension=deb&amp;family=archive&amp;format=arArchive Search results for .deb that has the format &quot;arArchive&quot; 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Anonymoususer852 http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Deb&diff=18636&oldid=prev 2014-08-14T03:40:23Z

<p>Created page with &quot;{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Archiving |extensions={{ext|deb}}, {{ext|udeb}} |mimetypes={{mimetype|application/vnd.debian.binary-package}} }} &#039;&#039;&#039;deb&#039;&#039;&#039; (Debian ...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{FormatInfo<br /> |formattype=electronic<br /> |subcat=Archiving<br /> |extensions={{ext|deb}}, {{ext|udeb}}<br /> |mimetypes={{mimetype|application/vnd.debian.binary-package}}<br /> }}<br /> '''deb''' (Debian package) is a file format used for software distribution in the Debian [[Linux]] platform. It is actually an [[AR]] archive, with content that includes some [[Tape Archive|tar]] files.<br /> <br /> The &quot;udeb&quot; files are in the same basic format as &quot;deb&quot;, but are considered &quot;micro deb&quot;, used for smaller packages with only the most essential files.<br /> <br /> == Links ==<br /> * [[Wikipedia:deb (file format)|Wikipedia article]]<br /> * [http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-pkg_basics FAQ]<br /> * [http://debreate.sourceforge.net/ Package builder utility]<br /> * [https://wiki.debian.org/Packaging Description in Debian wiki]</div>

Dan Tobias